Thursday and Taxes are finished!

 Well, here it is Thursday, and I have finished the taxes and Maryland was posted yesterday.

I was able to get to the Post Office as the sun did help to melt the streets and they were not bad.

I was also able to make it up to Sissy's yesterday and her House was chaos with the kids in and out.

She made homemade cinnamon rolls, and they were so good.

I had a long conversation with a Friend this morning that I have not spoken to in quite some time.  It was wonderful.  The conversation soon turned to food as we are both foodies and it got me to thinking.

Now here is the scary part (I should not think).  I spend way too much time obsessed with food.  What I am going to eat, what I am going to cook. what, what, what?

I think I cook so much because I am bored and need another outlet of some sort.

Food is meant to nourish our bodies not to be an obsession.  This then led me to the price of groceries, yes, they are high but why complain.  Think on the great depression when People were grateful to fill their bellies with meager resources.  They survived and came up with some very good recipes.  Maybe if we all cooked more, stayed out of Restaurants and cooked like People did in the Great depression prices would go down?  Suppliers are greedy and they know we will pay it, well what if we don't or won't. 

Just something to chew on.

Something else to think on...too much processed food out there and Sissy and I both are really trying to get away from this.  I have learned to make my own cream soups to freeze...no more Cambells for this girl.  I want to learn how to make great crackers without the preservatives.  Cooking whole foods and batch cooking save so much money.

I am slowly working on the freezers and have only been to the grocery store once with Sissy and it is already the 6th.  I am proud of me.

I changed up last night's menu and made stuffed cabbage rolls instead of meatloaf.  Tonight, it will be scalloped potatoes and ham.  I also pulled a quart of chicken vegetable stock from the freezer to make soup.  I have so much chicken that needs to be cooked and lots of pasta and veggies.  

Now I have to go and get Sissy and have her go with me to the grocery store as I am out of milk for the Husb.  I use powdered milk in baking.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Hugs;

K